MATTER OF DEXTER


75 Misc.2d 239 (1973)

In the Matter of The Estate of Leon B. Dexter, Deceased.

Surrogate's Court, Orange County.

July 16, 1973


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph B. Murphy for petitioner. Browning & Stradar (William L. Browning of counsel), for respondent.


IRVING A. GREEN, J.

The central question which the court must answer upon this application is whether the ancient legal citadel which surrounds and preserves the indestructibility of spendthrift trusts (Matter of Wentworth, 230 N.Y. 176, 185; EPTL 7-1.5) has been breached, altered or impaired by virtue of the enactment of EPTL 3-3.10 by the Laws of 1971, which became effective on November 3, 1971.

This will, executed on May 20, 1965, was...

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